has given this food, and eat it. Then it will not have any injurious effect on the growth of devotion."
TN335
31. "Everyone should serve his mother. It is all the more incumbent upon you, because you have all come to me with the purpose of dedicating your life to the service of others. ... Always talk to her about God. You will really fulfill the duty of a son if you can help her to gather the means for her ultimate journey. You have grown by sucking her milk. How much suffering she has undergone to raise you to manhood! Know that service to her is your highest duty. But it is quite a different matter if she stands in the way of your spiritual life. ... Beware! Don't involve yourself in worldliness on the plea of serving your mother."
TN364-65
32. Some women devotees came to see